New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-01
JUDGE REA ELECTED.
CoMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE g. A.. r
CLOSE or THE NATIONAL KNcAxPNxNT AT sH
L0UIs-DEPEAT OF THE vANDERvovRr REso-
Lotions AND THE SERVICE PENSION AD-
vocATxs-KLEcTIoN or oFTICERs
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81. LOUIS. Sept 3o.-1he National Encamp-
ment closed this afternoon with the election Of
Judge Rea as Commader-in-Chief and with y
banquet ct the Lindell Hotel few hours after
ward to the $50 delegates who have been in
secret session since Wednesday.
The general results of the reunion may bo
briefly recountcd. 1t has been the largest as
semblage of Union soldiers known since tho
war, and with the important exception Of tho
inclement weather. which proved ruinous to
nearly all the town shows, it has been one of tho
most spirited and successful reunions ever held.
The soldiers have been most generously entertained
and shielded with painstaIxing care against
hostile demonstrations Of partisan prejudice and
spirit. The city has apparently been OF one
mine In separating Grand Army week from the
PRESIDENTS week. The two events have been
kept distinct in accordance with the Presidents
wishes. and the soldiers have been apparently
we'll pleased to have it so.
The National Encampment has committed itself
unequivocaly to the substitute for the Dependent
Pensions bill voted upon by the Posts and at tho
same time the Service Pension cause has developed
great strength. The Pensions Committees con-
demnation of the Presidents veto Of the Depend
ent Pensions bill has met with nearly unanimous
approval, but it has been considered inexpedient
for. the Encampment to single out the President
for unnecessary and vehement criticism which
would be liable to be represented as partisan in
its character. The sction of the delegates has
been markedly conservative but the veto of the
pensions bill has been strongly emphasized as an
act Of hostility and injustice to the Union
veterans. Finally, by the election of Judge Rea,
safe and trusted official, who has been repeatedly
1ox, n, Al - H. Arp,x
without being identified with any faction, has
been placed at the head Of the organization. |
DENIAIs FROM INDIGNANT VETERANS.
The National Encampment opened this morning
with fusillade OF personalities. Colnrade Death,
of Pennsylvania, Indignantly denied statement
attributed to him to tie effect that "there never
had been Democratic COmmander-in-Chief, and
by the Eternal there never would bel"
Corporal Tanner with equal emphasis contra
dicted the charge that he WIS putting the knife
under General Slocum's ribs and denounced as an
infamous slur on his reputation tho statement
that he had found life so pleasant since the war
that he would not have his legs back under any
consideration. An unsuccessful attempt was made
to reconsider the action by which the erection OF
q monument tn General Warren had been defeated
The Grand Army evidently does not want to
be drawn too far into the monument business
The trustees OF the Logan M.nrimc 1T Ass,cia-
tion of Illinois have secured tho cooperation OF
the organization at this Encampmcnt, and the
Drexel gift of the Mount McGregor cottage where
General Grant died has been referred to the new
Council Of Administration with full power 10
accept the conveyance. The facamTment docs
not wish TO multiply responsibilities OF this nature.
CoMRADE vANDRRvooRrs RESOLUTIONS.
The resolutions of Commander vsndsrvoort OF
Nebraska, in condemnation >sf the Presidents
vetoes of the Dependent Pensions bill and Mra.
| Logan's pension then reported from eommf B.
| tee. The resolutions which caused so much dis
cussion are said TO I've idcnticai with the draft
adopted some time ago by the Nebraska DEPART
ment with the exception Of the following clause
which was not used here
We are therefore led to believe by his (the Presi-
dcnts) insulting vetoes of pensions bills, his acting
In regard the return Of the flags and his ayowed
preference for rebel soldiers for high POSITIONS thas
he Is at heart hostile t. the Union soldiers and re-
serves his highest tribute Of admiration for those
who fought against the flag
| The resolutions as presented here affirmed thai
while no body Of citizens would have moro
exalted respect than the veterans have manlfested
for the Office of President, "ther perception OF
blameworthy acts of the incumbent OF that
POSITION" could not be obscured nor could they
be deprived of the right Of criticism OF pubic
servants which one of the dearest prerogativcs
of American citizenship" Furthermore, it was
declared that while the executive right OK
veto is constitutional prerogative exercised az
discretion" this, in the Judgment OF the Grand
Army docs not "involve the privilege of insulting
officially or sandcring the broken-iown and needy
men to whom the Nation owes everything" 1hen
followed direct reference to the Dependents
Al. 1,ac< nf
that could have been asked for the men to whom
the Nation owed It's salvation, since 1t did nou
represent O tithe of what was due these gallano
men, and a declaration "that in refusing to
approyc q bill which was asked for grateful
people, pctitoned for by hundreds of thousands OF
veterans and passed by both houses Of Congress by
an unusual majority, for the rescue OF thousands
Of deserving soldiers from the cold charity OF
the almshouse," the present incumbent OF tho
executive Office "had violated the pledge made
to volunteers when they focked TO the STANDARDS
of the country at the time Of peril. had thwartcd
the express will of a grateful people, and had
inflicted irrcparable cruelty upon those who should
be the objects of the tendercst consideration" .
MRS. LoGANs PENSION FAVORED.
| clause relative to Mrs. Logan's pension was
favored. but 27 out Of 80 members Of the Com
mittec rejected the remainder on the ground that
the matter had been fully covered by action.
| On the Pension Committees report Comrade
Vaudervoort defended the resolutions and con-
tended that the delegates should have the
courage of their covictions. The President ought
to be censured, he declared, for veto that had
been an insult TO the comradcshp of the Grand
Army. The delegates, he thought, should vote as
they felt upon the Presidents relations to the
veterans.
General Grosvcnor, Of Ohio, sustained tho
Judgment Of the committee. He asked whether
the Encampment ought to make q platform for
political parties or conAnc itself to stating its
position in dignifed way, as it woull II there
had never Leen President involved in tho con-
troversy. Standing as the representative Of
body greater than either the Executive or Con-
gress, and more digni6ed than the President had